Fence-gate.



N. O T S E W L Am FENCE GATE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY e, 1907.

THE Ncfzms PEYERS co.. wAsulNcroN, n. c.

ASA L. WESTON, OF NOItTI-I DOVER, OHIO.

FENCE-GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed May 6,1907. Serial No. 372,099.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ASA L. WESTON, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of North Dover, county of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Gates, of which Ihereby declare the following to be a full7 clear, and exact description,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The objects oi the invention are to provide improved instrumentalitiesfor hanging and constructing a gate such as is described in formerLetters Patent granted to me on June 27th, 1905, bearing number 793,485.In that device I showed a gate supported at a central point upon aroller and mounted in a triangular frame, comprising a post, a strutupon one side of the gate, and a tension rod located on one side of thegate and connecting the upper ends of the strut and post, and also Ishowed therein appliances for pivotally supporting the lower end of thestrut upon the post, and for attaching the tension rod to the strut.

The present device is designed to obtain a greater degree of efficiencyand practicability as well as strength and durability in use than theaforesaid device.

The location of the strut at one side of the gate, and the unequaldistribution of weight occasioned thereby was productive of bending thesupporting irons and of twisting the gate out of line and did not affordthat perfect balance of parts requisite to maintain the alinementthereof and the gate itself was not as rigid as it could be made.

In the present device to obviate these disadvantages and to provide arigid balanced support and rigid construction of gate, I have employedthe forms of construction and combination and arrangement of parts,hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings andspecifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theimproved gate balanced in its supporting frame; Fig. 2 is a transversesection of the upper gate bar showing the central roller supporttherefor, the metal yoke in which the roller is mounted, the angleplates to which the upper ends of the duplicate strut bars are attached,and the extremity of the tension bar centrally secured in the loop ofthe yoke over the upper gate bar, Fig. 3 is a similar transverse sectionthrough the lower gate bar showing the pintle yoke, the supportingroller therein and angle plates to which the lower ends ofthe strut barsare secured, Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the yoke, angle plates,pintle rod and roller shown in Fig. 3 g Fig. 5 is a perspective viewofthe pintle block which is inserted in the pintle yoke; Fig. 6 shows apreferred form of latch employed to fasten the gate when closed, andFig. 7 shows the staples employed to secure the bars of the gatetogether.

In these views l -is the post to which the frame comprising the gatesupport is hung by means ofthe pintles 2 and 3. This frame comprisesduplicate strut bars Ll, 4, one arranged on each side of the gate so asto afford a perfect balance therefor, and the tension rod 5 connectingthe upper ends of the said struts with the upper pintle 2.

6 is the lower pintle yoke formed of a metal loop, in which the roller 7is pivoted. Upon this roller the lower edge of the gate rolls to preventfriction in opening and closing it. A reinforcing block or plate S isinserted in the loop of the yoke and through a hole 9 in this block andin the loop of the yoke the pintle is inserted and bears upon the lowersurface of the loop. The upper ends 10 of the yoke extend on each sideof the lower gate bar and serve as guides to keep it upon the roller. Oneach side of; the yoke is pivoted one of the angle plates 11 to whichare secured the strut bars. This pivotal means of attachment of theangle plates to the yoke permit of veritcal adjustment of the struts toallow for different sizes and heights of gates. The pivot bolt 12 passesthrough a groove 13 in the upper surface of the block S and retains itin place. These parts are so made as to be adjustable andinterchangeable from left to right so that the gate can be placed in anyposition or hung at either end. The upper yoke 14 with the frictionroller 15 wholly incloses the upper bar of the gate, and angle plates 16on each side are pivoted thereto by. means of a pivotal bolt 17 and tothese angle bars the upper ends of the strut bars are secured, thussupporting the gate on both sides, so that it will be perfectly balancedon the said roller 15. The tension rod 5 is secured to the reversibletie plate 19 in which the upper pintle pin 2 bears and which is providedwith the overhanging guide plate 20 just as described, in my said formerpatent. This tension rod passes through the loop of the upper yoke 14and is adjustably secured thereto by means of the terminal nut 25, sothat it lies immediately over the top bar of the gate and the center ofgravity of the gate will lie underneath the rod, thus preventing anytwisting or bending of the gate and supporting parts.

In 'connection with the pivotal means of support of the strut bars, thetension rod 5 is made adjustable in length in any convenient way, sothat the outer ends of the struts and the upper yoke can be raised for ahigher gate or lowered for a low gate and struts of any required lengthcan be used. The manner of obtaining this adjustment is unimportant andin Fig. 1 this is shown as a chain c in the links of which terminalhooks II in the adjacent ends ofthe divided rod are inserted, and theycan be inserted in any desired links in the chain.

To obtain a sufficiently rigid gate, in which the members are sosecurely fastened together as not to separate under severe usage,staples S are employed to secure the longitudinal bars and vertical barstogether. These staples have screw threaded extremities and are providedwith terminal nuts N.

A peculiar form of latch is employed which is reversible and selilatching and shows an arrow headed latch L pivoted upon a projecting barB and so arranged that when latched over the pin P the gate cannot belifted by any domestic or wild animal.

Having described the invention what I Claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

In combination with a gate and a hinge post therefor, a central supportfor said gate in which said gate is vertically balanced in alldirections, comprising duplicate inclined strut bars, one on each sideof the gate, a yoke and roller therein on which the upper gate barrests, pivoted angle plates to which the struts are severally attached,a lower yoke and roller therein on which the lower gate bar rests, areinforcing block in the looped end of the lower yoke, said looped endand plate having a vertical opening, a pintle in the said post enteringsaid opening, angle bars pivoted upon said lower yoke to which the lowerends of said struts are secured, a tension rod, adjustable in length andhaving one end secured to said upper yoke and to the loop thereofdirectly over said upper gate bar, an upper pintle in said post and atie plate connecting said rod and pintlo, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this 11th day April, 1907.

- ASA L. WESTON. In presence ot" WM. M. MONROE, Gmo. S. Comi.

